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Guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury

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A head injury or traumatic brain injury is a medical or clinical diagnosis. The individuals qualified to make such a diagnosis are practitioners who have been trained in the assessment of head injury/traumatic brain injury.

Such practitioners may include: neurologists; psychiatrists; physicians; licensed clinical, rehabilitation and school psychologists; and neuropsychologists. The attending/submitting practitioner must be an impartial individual who is not a member of the student's family.

All submitted evaluation reports must be typed on the attending clinician's letterhead stationery, and include the following information.

Name of student

Date(s) of injury(ies)

History of concussion(s), including:

Number of concussions with loss of consciousness and date(s) of occurrence

Number of concussions without loss of consciousness and date(s) of occurrence

Information regarding hospitalization for any of these injuries (where, date(s) length of stay)

Information regarding surgery related to any of these injuries (where, date, type)

Detailed information concerning post-concussive status and symptoms. Results of medical evaluation and/or psychological/educational testing, if completed, and must include the names of the standardized tests instruments completed including standard scores and percentiles

Educational and psychological history pre-injury. Such information must include what services, i.e. special education, counseling, etc., or medications were prescribed for the student prior to or after the injury.

Include a discussion of the post-concussion issues that may significantly impact the student's performance/functioning within the post-secondary academic environment.

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